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ItBLB OMAHA DAILY EJ3E ? MONDAY. fc 1889 , THE DAILY BEE. I'UMMBHED KVI3RY MORNING. TRHM3 Dully ( Morning Kdltton ) including SUNDAY _ IlKK , One Yeur. . . . . . .110 OC TorRU Month * . . . . . 5 > Kor Thro * Months . 960 TH OMAHA BOHOAT Bicit , mailed to any adflresi , On Year . * 00 WKBRI/Y Jim , Ono Year . > 00 OMAHA Otncn , NOH.OH und Did FAHWAM BTRBET. OniCAno OrricB , 687 Hoominr lloir.Diwa. Nvf Ton * ornac. IlnouiU AND 15 TIUBON * Jiuit-mau. WAiiiiNOtON OrxicK , No. Ul connKsroNDENon. All eommnnlcfttlonB relating to n w nna eal- torui matter should bo addressed to the Emtoa or TBK UBB. UBB.HOBINhSS tETTKllSL . , .All business letters nml remittance * houldb * addressed to Tnn Her PUBUSIIINO COMPANY OMAHA. Dratta , chorus and poatolllc * orders M to mud * payable to the order of the company. 'AeBcePnlillsliing'cipany , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATER. Editor. X11E DAILY BICK. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Elate of Nebraska , I. , h County of Douglas , f * George H.Tz8chnclt , secretary of The nee Pub- JlslilngComrwxnr. does ( solemnly swear that h actual circulation of TIIK IJAILV Ilita for the fck ending .liino 1. 1B89. was folio HTBI Mixy 21 Monday. Mny27 Tuesday. MOT 3S. _ , Tminnlsr. M y30 . . ! HI . rrlday.May 81. . 1 . IS 1 Saturday , Juno 1. . . 1. 18.834 ; * AvcniRO . 18.HC5 1 OEOHOE D. TZSCHtrcK. Bworn to lief ore mo and subscribed to in my presence this 1st dny ot.lnno. A. D. ISJt. Seal. N. F. FL'lb , Notary L'ubllo. Elnteof Nebraska , ! County of Douglas.ss - Oeorgo J ) . Tzhcnuck , being duly sworn , deposes - poses and ears that he Is Bccrctary of tno lie * I'ubllshlng company , that the actual averagt cJ * t dally circulation or THE DAILY Itr.n for th * month of April. lfi , 18.7U copies ; for May , 18tH .18.1S3 copies ; for Juno. IRtt , 19,213 copies : tor July. l 8fl , 1P.033 ceplosj for August , 186H , 18.183 copies ; for September. 1H89. 18.154 coploa ; for October , 1883. 18.o4 copies ; for November , 188 ia , ! > ffl copien ; for December , 1883. 18,231 copies ; lor January , 18H ) , 1R.67 * copies ; for February , lf 9 < ] 8n.ifl copies ; for Mnrch. 18 > , is.864 copies. GKOUOE R TZSCHUniC. Sworn to before me nnd subscribed in toy fcmonce this 16th day of April. A. Dn 1880. N. P. FElfj , Notary Publle. t ABILITY , Integrity , and character are combined in Uio nou-partisan ticket for the school board. KiLUAiN has arrived in the country , nnd wo will hear less of Sullivan during the coming months. BY THE end of this year the re should not bo a foot of plank wall : on any of our business thoroughfares. AT least three hundred miles of now railroad will bo added to Nebraska's total thla year. And the bulk of it will ho laid north of the Platte river. . TIIK virtuous indignation of Vandor- voort dragged him out of the shadow of hla mail bags. Jesperato ) moans were necessary to hoop his name before the public. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE Gate City without a market house la lucking in ono of the essentials. What is necessary in all other cities of the size of Omaha is certainly not un necessary here. - MATURKIT business judgment , prac- tlcnl osporionco in school affairs , legal * nullity and .youthful energy , are com- ilrincd to an eminent do.groo in the nonpartisan - partisan nominees. THE cattle tuiovcs of the Minnocadusa nro cultivating involuntary suicido. It < ! B about titno for the victims of the raidora to do some "lifting" for the peace of the country. TOE nou-partisan ticket is by long odds the host in the field. lYIartin , "Woodman , Points , Dufrono nn.d Pop- ploton posaosd every desirable qualifica tion for the school board. THE Now York Sim shouts to the democracy of the country : "Got to- gothorl" The democracy of America , however , has not boon hoard from. It is ovldont that it can't ' find its frag ments. THE revolt of the Chicago board of trade against the bucket shops is in tended to ralso the limit and give the game an air of respectability. The " Hutchlnsons of the city fool competent to herd the lambs and do all the fleecing. " ' ' t THE non-partisan ticket deserves the support of every voter who has the suc cess of the pubho schools at heart. Every one of the five raon named is eminently qualified to advanco.tho in terests of education. THE flood-tide of dead-head news papers which has covered the back and front yards , not only in Omaha , but in every town in Nebraska , with Omaha dailies that lacic patronage is liable to | > reduce a marked decline In the price W * of wrapping-papor. IV' fo TIIK capitalists of Minneapolis propose - pose to invoat five million dollars in etock yards and packing houses. This - ntorpri80 will complete the chain of packing house cities in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys , thoroughly cquipod to handle the moat products of the vast and growing western emi - i > tro. Poor old Chicago ! No wonder eho squeals. * THE Keya Palm cattle thieves are a inonaco to the eottlomont of northern Nebraska. Thert { recent profession of -ponltonco and reform was a mask to cover their evil designs and throw the eotjlorfloil their guard. If they have ' added murder to their long list of crimes , ua reported , thox authorities should hunt them down at any hazard and mete out swift nnd olTcctlvo punish ment. THE Sioux commission will begin its labors at the Rosebud ugen oy to-day. Its conference with the Indians will bo ottgorly watched by thousands of in tending Bottlers , anxious to aecure n elloe of the olovoa million noros of land 'i involved in the negotiations. Judging 'ir fromtho temper of the Indians , and the gouorous tarms ottered by the govern ment , there IB a reasonable cortuinty that the commission will bo successful , and a largo aroa.of fertile land added to the public domain within a few months. Success moans au additional fifty thcuBund to the population of South Dakota this year , and a corro- ppondlng increase in the material Wealth of tha country. A JSTHM FOItETOir POLICY * The conspicuous fault in the foreign lolicy of the lait administration was ita nek of ilrrnnoss. In most essential re spects the traditional principles of the crovornmont were nssortckl and the rltrhts which had been claimed by pre vious administrations in international controvotalc8 were ndhcrred to. There was bungling in most cases , the oftoct of which was to embarrass our position , jut the great defect was n want of docl- slbn and firmness in pursuing our do- mnnds nnd insisting upon their recogni tion. The foreign powers with which ' wo had to deal know very well of the existence of this weakness nnd took the fullest advantage of it. The lilatory of the diplomatic controversy regarding the fishorlos supplies humil iating evidence of the indifToronco of Iho British government to our repre sentations. The communication ! ) of our government were pigeon-holed for months in the British foreign oHlco be fore they rocoivcd any attention , and wo bolicvo some wore wholly Ignored. Secretary Bayaru himself told congress of the discourteous unconcern mani fested by the British government , and of the great dllllculty ho had had in get ting it to give any consideration to the matter in controversy. This was simply duo to the fact thnt Mr. Bayard's ' timid and half-hearted way of dealing with international questions was well under stood nt London , nud the British otllclals know they could act at their own con venience without running any riaks. Mr. Bnynrd was moro concerned for preserving friendly relations than ho was for maintaining the dignity of. .tho government and the respect duo his position as the chief of the department of atato. There can bo no question that the country got very tlrod of the weak foreign policy of the last administration and desired a change , but on the other hand there was an ap prehension that with Mr. Blalno man- p.ging our foreign affairs the chance might bo too extreme. There was never any substantial ground for such a fear. Mr. Blalno had at no time during hia public life shown any desire to do moro than insist that cvory juat right and claim of the country should bo main tained. How the idea obtained thnt ho was likely to go farther than any ether patriotic American citizen in uphold ing the rights of hia country is not cusy to understand , since ho has never shown anything in the nature of jingo ism. But the fear existed nnd was widespread. It can be said , with abso lute certainty , that it ( lees not now exist - . ist , and that , on the contrary , there is general and complete confidence in the ability of the administration to conduct the foreign policy with honor and ad vantage to the country. What has thus far boon shown is that firmness in pursuing a policy is not in compatible with the most amicable in tentions. A nation does not necessarily invite conllict when it insists that its rights shall bo respected and ita claims promptly considered. Doubtless Mr. Blaine would roscnt such treat ment from the British government as his predecessor tolerated , but who is there that would not approve hia doing BO'I" " The success of the American com missioners at Berlin is duo to the firm insistence on just demands and the con viction of the German government that the position taken would not bo receded from. The conference hold in Wash ington two years ago came to nothing , largely for the reason that our position was not properly backed up. The rep resentatives of Germany and Great Britain were under no pressure to finally determine the matter at issuo. It is moro than probable thst had Mr. Bayard rnmainod'at the head of the atato department the Berlin conference would not have resulted as it has , in a practically complete triumph of the American demands. In the other in ternational questions which await settlement - tlomont the government may not bo equally successful , but without aggra vating the difficulties or offering any invitation to hostilities , it can bo relied upon to firmly insist on every just right claimed. And this every American citizen desires nnd oxpccts. AN ALABAMA PROTEST. The movomcnt started by certain re publicans of Alabama , to establish a league somewhat exclusive in its character - actor , has boon measurably successful. There ia an organization that claims aomo strength , but it is already encountering - countering n vigorous opposition from republicans in Alabama who are , not identified with it , nnd some of whom , by reason of their color , can not bo. The aim of thla league la to further the cause of the republican party In the south , ohloOy on the industrial question. It proposes to break the democratic ranks by drawing to itself manufac turers and capitallsta interested , in in dustrial enterprises who have hitherto acted with the democracy , but who are unfavorable to the policy of that party regarding the tariff. It is believed to have obtained recruits from this source , and in order to curry out the purpose it was thought necessary to exclude col ored republicans from the league. However - ever strong the Interest of demo crats in Alabama might bo in maintain ing protection , it would not carry thorn into an organization which tolerated the membership of colored mon. Hqroin Is the source of tno difficulty which thla league la encountering , and against the rocognitlon of which a pro test endorsed by fifty republican clubs composed of white and colored mon has boon submitted to tbo president. This protest warns the president not to bo misled by the league , which is charged with having a "vllo and wicked scheme wtieroby they scok to destroy the party to promote their own saltish purposes. " It is declared that the league donlos the protosUinta civil and political righta by using the word "white , " thereby de barring thorn from participating therein. The league is denounced as un-ropubllcan aud calculated in its vary nature to bring on strife and dis cord among the races. Thus it is that at tha very ouUot of the movement , designed to tnaho n broach in the solid eguth , It is antago nized by the old-time republicans of the state ID which U originated , both white * nd colored. I tut Impossible to say with nny degree of certainty what of the situation the president will ? take. It has boon suppospd thnt' ho regarded the movement represented by the longuo with favor , nnd it has boon stated that the loader ? in the move ment hnro roc.olvett very frlohdlv con sideration nt Washington ; But It Is hnrdly to bo supposed that ho will wholly ignore the representations of tlio thousands of republicans wfio are not nnd can not become members of tbo league , nnd who , by virtue of their past nnd present loyalty to the party , nro quito ns much entitled to bo hoard na any others. There would certainly bo nothing gained in alienating these mon , however effective the longuo might become in its particular di rection , for the old-time republicans must still bo counted upon ns absolutely necessary to republican success in nny portion of the south. This Issue , much moro significant thnn may nppcnr at first thought , suggests the dlflicultios thnt any plan for rescu ing tno south from democratic domina tion must encounter , and gives warrant to the doubt whether thnt most devoutly to bo wished consummation can ever bo brought about any sort of political scheme It will como in time. Noth ing ia more certain than thnt the south will not bo always solidly democratic. But the chanffo will bo effected , largely at least , by other than more political ngonclca , some of which are now in process of development. LATEH intelligence from Johnstown , Pa. , and ether towns in the Conomaugh river valley confirms the first apprehen sions that the deluge waa the worst dis aster that has bofullen this country. Not only hns the destruction of prop erty boon unormous , but the loss of life is certainly known to mount up into the thousands. The destruc tion of several villages in Connecticut by the bursting of a dam , two or three years ago , is still fresh in mind , but the horrors of that occasion were not a comparison to the frightful calamity at Johnstown. It now devolves upon the people of Pennsylvania and ether states to relieve the distress sure to follow-in the Conemaugh valley , and it is safe to predict that the heart of the country goes out in sympathy for the unfortn- nate region. THE forty per cent freight cut an nounced by the Burlington & Northern has fallen llko n bombshell among west ern railroads. The situation ia critical for thorn. If the reduction bo put into effect , a demoralization of freight rates through the west and to the Pacific coast is likely to follow. What now agreements and combinations will bo formed to offset the alleged joining of hands of the Burlington & Northern with the subsidized Canadian Pacific remains , to bo scon. THE eighth annual session of tho'Ne braska Chautnuqua assembly opens in Crete , Juno 27 , and continues to July 9. The programme presents a varied nnd Interesting soriea of exorcises , comprising addresses by eminent men on a wide range of topics , meetings of lawyers , editors and other professions , vocal and instrumental music , and class drills in the arts , soioncesand theologj' . The Crete assembly grounds are beauti fully situated , n panorama of park , lake and river , thus affording facilities for recreation as well as mental culture. THE first indictment ever aorved under the provisions of the inter-state commerce act , has been found at Chicago cage against several well known rail road oificiuls for manipulating rates last fall. The maximum poaulty ia a fine of five thousand dollars and the outcome of the auit will bo followed with consid erable interest. If an example be made of several of those wrongdoers who hold themselves above the law , it is safe to predict that the inter-state commerce act will bo properly respected. It is charged that the Alaska Fur company Is at the bottom of the Trouble brewing between the United States and Great Britain ever the Behriug seal fwhorios. Inasmuch as American seal ers are ua much excluded from the rights of catching seals in Alaska as any ono of her majesty's subjects , it ia not likely that our people would sanc tion a war for the sole benefit of the Alaska Fur company monopoly. THE Crook Indians have suspicions that their native agent who negotiated the sale of Oklahoma pocketed ever two hundred thousand dollars of , the proceeds - coeds und credited it to "sundries and legal expenses. " Now let a fine of a thousand dollars bo in Hie toil on the em bezzler and the Crooks will follow the precedent sot by civilized Chicago in the McGuriglo cose. The Chicago Style. Chtcnaa New * . To Willie Tascott : Como back , plead guilty , and pay a fine. Cnlturoil Rnstern Journalism- VIMaMplila'inftlier.-fT" The Pltt burgo : t oxc y-iws'oTiJo lu'ngs. For stral bj fp ajJil clolvn lying ; | torjfocdesa | and nceiUeai'lyinK ; foi--pfcturo que-yfclous , promoahit 4 co"n ItU2n equal anywlicre Bjfthlg on From K JOuimuCtti"nw / / " -w- Thls from the Sim nWMr. Daihi'Itejojrjj { Is plenty of time to got together , faupuoso wo all get together. " But must wo go * over to Mr. Dana In order to effect this huppy combination ? We fear Mr. Dana'n idea of getting together is a Uttlo one-sided. Rank Political Heresy. Cleveland Ledger , It would be a good thing for the mayors and pollco boards of cities to rocognlzo the fact that there ara still loft quite a number of American cltlzona who are on capable as foreigners of holding public offices. Back Prom His Bath. Chicaan Trllnuu. McGariglo yesterday wended his way To the aherltt's official headquarters , they oay , And without more ado he made the avowal : "Canute , if you please , I've coma back for tha towel. " XUey Won't Fuse. St. jUaut fton r-JV * . Sam Randall aay : "Wo follows have got to get together in ' 02 , and wo will whip them ' out at'their boots. " If Mr. Randall reform to the getting together of the frco trails and protection domocrrtHind Charles A. Dana , tbo proposed "whilijg" | will be postponed for many & moon nMi'93. Ito'd Timfi. It that poor old white horse could only talk I " " fM' ' g ' Trcnfton In Now Moro bumptiousness I Two-thirds of the graduating class at Yale this year nro for tariff reform , It > SfotuT Cr < i ) Journal. There will bo nn era of good feeling in politics if Grove ? Cleveland shall bo ro- nomlnntcd. That is to any , there will bo good feeling among the republicans. This Cnahicr CMttioo Times. The cashlor of nn Omaha bink claims to have been robbed of 81,300 while on route to California. Ho should have shaken the gnmo when ho lost the first $100. Omaha cashiers will never learn to beware of strangers and three-card motile men. Chicago's MtiMtUl Police. Ualtlmnre . .Imerffan. Tbo Chicago police Inmnnnglne the Cronln mystery hnvo displayed n stupidity nnd care lessness which almost justify the suspicion expressed In some quarters that they are not anxious to unravel the mystery. But WoCnn Plnv Ball. .Vlmifdjifjtli Tribune. A Now York womnn Is suing her husband for divorce because ho left her nnd wont to llvo In Omaha. Wo hope she will piln her freedom. A innn who will voluntarily live In Omahn Isn't a At companion for uny de cent woman , Not n Mt Suac < or ofTliclon. New Ymt ; Sun. Mr. Cleveland ha * for more than four years hold of his own preference th'o post of chief Pharisee , philosopher , nmf riond of tbo mugwumps. He Is therefore ineligible to the ulacu for which our esteemed but er ring brother In Springfield rashly nominates him. _ _ IVhy Anton is Moilcst. Among the men who have not been quoted as say inp anything concerning the Inofllclcncv of the Chicago pMlco or detective fores maybe bo mentioned Captain Ansou. This is com mendable nnd In good taslo. C iptain Anson in not In n. position to call attention to the shortcomings of Chicago's ether great men. The Kansas I'l AtcliUim Globe. it takes ro much work to got ready for some pleasures that ydu are too tired to en joy them when they come. The man who becomes furious after his enemy has gene away is like the telegraph operator who gots\uiadl w'hile operating at' ono end of a line flv cjhfuiiilrcd miles long ; ho may know ho is ma\l'tiut the other follow docs not. & . > It has been found a sound principle in law to give the nccuseU the benefit of tbo doubt. It is n good rule to adopt in your relations With people generally. " . You hear manynjoa , complaining that all they want is a chance. Every man has a dozen chances n da . for bettering his condi tion that hu does not improve. Although the devil tloscrvss bad luck , hois renlly quite lucky ! ' 'Most' people are com pelled to chase that\vh'fch''they ? are fond of , but thadevil's victims , hunt him up. t if 'its' If tnen were tisibra e In. the presence of enemies ns in the presence of friends , busi ness would be greatly interfered with by fighting. Though they sav a man's sin will find him out , it moro likely to find him in , and waiting to give it welroinc. Man learns to kick when ho is a baby , for even then ho has to cry if ho wants anything to cat. The rainbow of promise never appears un til the scare of the storm is ever , und It is not needed. If you wish to bo thought good to-morrow , bo especially bad to-day. The worm that is used for bait should never boast that it caught the fish. Our Idcti of a prominent citizen Is ono who does not want to be postmaster. AVoman likes to bo "onto" every now wrinkle , but it is not so funny when the wrinkle Is on hor. There are more holes In the stocking than in the glove. You know why ; n stocking is not on dipluy as much as n glove. HTATE AM ) TEKIUTORY. Nebraska Jottnirs. ( After a dolav of two weeks , work is to bo resumed on the city hall at Kearney , Judge Gasliu has trlod flfty-oijjht murder cases during bis career on the bench in this state. The people of Norden expect a railroad this year , uud anticipate n boom In cense quence. Four pupils were graduated from the St. Paul high school ut its first commencement last wcolr. Mrs. Lbttlo Aldrich. who was acquitted at Hustings of poisoning her husband , has gene to her old home in Fremont , O. , to reside. Frank Abbott nnd John Davis , two How ard county cattle thieves , have been found guilty and sentenced to the pen for two years each. There was only ono graduate from the Falrmount high school this year , the course having been extended from ten to eleven years. Mount Ellas lodge , Knlh'hts Templar , hold n grand banquet at Holdrogo , Friday , many visitors being present from ether towns In the state , Harvey Smith , the negro who killed George Logan in the northeastern part of Wheeler county , has been lodged in jail at Albion for safe keeping. Crawford & McPoak have started a wceuly ncwspaner at Koseland , Adams county , and have christened it tha lieo. The first Issue looks llxo/i hono.V4&&li4rr s Tramps and burnt Inflist Covington all the time. They are tbttipcita of both citizens und officers. Arrestrtlicu place every day , but no remedial ofTgpts follow. , The people of Hntpphroy are discussing ihqfqncstlon of watgpsivorks , and the. clti- .lens will probablybo. cAlled on In the near 'future to vote bonaHWr that purpose. M , tk Thomas , late ojlitor of the Benkel * mm.Pioneer , has aafAlEdJLor Andrews , of the Oonkelman DfUiaqrat , for libel , placing his damages at5 , ( pSffhomaa is now a res ident of ColoradoJiTviJ Lyons claims tichampion wolf hunter In the person of j.i. \ . Uldi Soy , who in the past three weeks has , /kllli ; d sixty-six of the "varmints. " Tha y on their scalps will not the Irunte A young son tf . r illinra Young , living near Cortland , was playing with a colt In the barn , Friday evening , when no became tangled in A halter , and frigbtanlnc the colt it bnt'au kicking and pounded the child's head to a pulp. The colt then ran out Into the barnyard , dragging the lifeless body with him , where it waa dltcovcrod by Mr. Young. Colonel S. N. Stewart , of Philadelphia , owns the royalty for the construction of pontoon bridges , The managers who built the Btructuro at CovingUm forgot to obtain his consent. The result waa a visit from Mr. Stewart , a threatened prosecution and a compromise , whereby Mr. p. departed with several thousands of dollars moro than be brought. _ I own. ItouiN. Ida Grove u buildiag-a $3,500 opera houso. Monona county wants a now courtj bouse. A new $10,000 schoolhouse ts being erected at Fort Dodge , The Davenport market boasts Of homo * fjro\vn strawberries. A brick nnd tile factory has boon est-ib- llshod at Eagle Orovo , Jefferson county is out of debt and has n surplus in the treasury. Sixteen suits nro pending ngnlnst tbo city of Davenport for the refunding of tare * . Arrangements are being mndo to convert the Hurllngton Uaptist college into a public hospital. Over ono hundred applicants took the civil service examination nt DCS Molncs the other dny. Fifteen head of cattle belonging to William Houck , of Humboldt county , were killed by lightning In ono night. The Marshalltown Knlnhts of Pythian lodge voted to offer $1,000 to secure the state building1 of the order. L. J. Mcisol , n trusted employe of Meyer & Co. , of Hampton , has mysteriously disap peared xvith $1,000 belonging to the firm. The Iowa City flromon have resigned in n body because the council refused thorn nn npj proprlation to go to the slate tournament. Since October twcnly-ono now lodges of the Knights of Pythias have boon estab lished In lo'wa , making n totnl of 23J. The membership In the state is now estimated at from 15,000 to 17,000 , there having been an increase sluco October. _ _ JX IL " L Dakota. A new Methodist church Is bolng built nt Lcoln. The Marlon creameries shipped 5,000 pounds of butter hist wcok. The Dalcota National Guards will go into camp nt LnUo Kumpcskn June 25. A mysterious disonsa 1ms carried off hun dreds of chickens nround Harrison recently. There nro 3SOO Grand Army men In Da- ltot : , SCO In the northern half and J,40i ) in the southern , Work has boon begun on the new court house nt Mlllor , uud the building will bo completed August 1. The kick of a horse broke the jaw of William Wilkinson Columbia farmer , In two places nnd knocked out his front teeth. Uoynl Hlblcts , sixteen years old , hns plowed nnd put In over three hundred acres of crops at Columbia , this spring , with the aid of four horses. The summer term of the Broqklngs Agri cultural collude oions | this week und contin ues for three months. U'ho fall term opens September 4. Lonnder Dalwo. of Deadwood , after Hvlnct five months with a broken back , bus just died. Ho was crushed beneath u mass of ere last winter and his spinal column broken. Governor Mellctto has pardoned Amos B. Mitchell , of Codlngton county , who was sen tenced In 183T to ton years' Imprisonment for rapo. Mitchell is seventy-five years old nnd can llvo but a short time. The following ox-soldlcrs hnvo been ap pointed by Governor filollctto ns members of the soldiers' homo board of trustees : Gen eral Hammond , of Asliton ; .T. J. Kleiner , of Pierre , und T. A. Hones , of Webster. An urrost made ut > La Maura last week disclosed the fact that the prisoner , who was dressed In resolution male clothes , was n woman. She said she was trying to secure work and thought she could succeed bettor us n num. The ImiminiicI Hon ] > ltnl. To the Editor of TIIK Bin Dear Sir : Please allow ma through your paper to give to the public some statements concerning the Immanucl Hospital and Daaconoas in- tute. tute.First. First. Wo are clad to state that m spite of all obstacles , this work of charity is mak ing steady progress. Before wo commenced this work , we were prepared to ineot nil kinds of diUlcultifls. Wo never expected that n work of this kind could bo done with out meeting trials and troubles , and wo have already experienced the truth of this. After we had let the contract for the building last fall , our health fulled and "hard times" came , so it was almost impossible to gat in the necessary money. But yet we have fctrug led through , all rl ht. Of tho. sum of nearly Wl.OUO required over $1(5,000 ( Is paid and the prossnt debt of $4,000 wo hope will soon be paid. For this and many other rea sons , wo are more than ever convinced of success In the future. The decision to locate the Institution on the beautiful hill In Moninouth parlt , every one will now concede was a wise one. . It is the very best locution that could bo found anywhere. The reorganization of the association has b"en done with general satisfaction. The Hon. J. M. Woolwurth wrote an admirable charter , entirely unsectariau. The trustees selected nro some of Omaha's most repre sentative and responsible citizens. The building now enclosed and thu general plan adopted for tha buildings of the whole insti tution will compare favorably with any ether hospital buildings of this country. Thus the work already accomplished has boon done with an eye toward the future. We have laid a brtnid and solid foundation , on which can be built a great institution. Hut the moat important of nil is the fact that wo have , will , nnd must have real per sonal sacrifice of labor in connection with this worlc of chanty. After years of earnest inquiry , we uro thoroughly convinced that it is real personal sacrifice , devotion and labor in the cause of charity that this great country of America needs most of all. In many so-called "charities" the element of charity Is not to bo found nt nil. In most of the great hospitals and other good institu tion } in the cast , tha money expended could go twice and some cases three or four times us fur to relieve the suffering masses of hu manity , if they had more genuine personal oncrHlco In connection with their work. Heal , earnest , concentrated labor , without salary , in the cause of charity , is above everything else that this country needs. To in some dojjrco moot this want is the great aim of Immanual hospital and Deacon- ness Institute. , The live Omaha ladles that wo now hare 'In the Philadelphia Mothers' ' House of Doacnnncss ara being trained on this very principle. With this little force , o begin witn , we are assured that as soon as wo can commence worlc In Omaha many other devoted ladles will turn In und go with us. In fact , wo hnvo had already upnllcations from different parts of this broap hind. Wo know that among the descendants of emi grants from northern Europe , particularly the Scandinavians , wo have the best material far workers of this ulna. And wo also know that hundreds of. such ladles stand ready to give their lives to the work of GoU and hu manity without the least regard to salary or ether compensation of this earthly life. If , therefore , this work Is worth some people's lives , why , then , should It not bo worth ether people's money ) That Omaha is just the right place In which to begin a work of this kind , no well Informed person will deny. Five hundred miles on all sides of Omaha wa have the largest number of the best Scandinavians. A Mother House of Deaconesses well es tablished in this geographical center will , no' dnubt , llko In Germany and Scandinavia , soon branch out and send small companies of trained , self-sacridclnpr ladles to do great work of true charity all around. Such work ers are In great need In nil kinds of charit able institutions. In Germany there are now over six thousand deaconesses divided among , and doing the good work. from , about sixteen hundred stations , oil over the em pire and some In Egypt and Asia. Should not both the east and the west contribute tea a work of this kind in the very heart of America ! Is it not to a great extent eastern capital which develops the business interests of the wostl And do not tbo east ern churches and individual Christians send their money to tbo mission fields of the west ? Why then should not the philanthropic and humanitarian principle work the sumo way ! We are thoroughly convinced that an earnest , patriotic nnd philanthropic vlow of the condition of tblngs in this country will demand an answer in our favor. If Omaha will continue to show true liberality in this work , we are also convinced that philan thropic people In the east and elsewhere will now take a good part In It. And on the other side , if some friends east would soon send us substantial old , we know that Omaha will do her part. As wo are going to conduct tbo finances of this Institution on the strictest business prin ciples , and will not allow It to bo much In debt , the work will at present have to stop where it is , until the debt is paid and money U in hand for further developments. May the necessary sum of about 1109,000 come in aoon. .Ladles never have any dyspepsia after a wine glass ot Angostura Bitters , the genuine of Dr. J. Q. D. Slegort ti Sons. Ask your druggist. LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES. Juno an BvoutM Month In tho.Hls- tory of the Olty. THE COUNCILMANIC MUDDLE. Some Important Blatters of Interest to the City The Death ofFIro- innu Cross Gonornl and 1'crflonnl. LINCOLN BDRRMJ orxnn Oviai Ban. I 1039 P StnuRT , V LINOOLH , Juno 3. | The current month will bo nn eventful one In this city. As cast , the programme tor the next thirty days will kocp the public la a constant atato of oxcltomcnt and expecta tion , Tor It has boon wall oatd that no ono knows what a day may bring forth. Fol lowing In the wnko of Uio oouncllmanlo In vestigation will como the findings , porton- tlnus allko to the city and the parties they effect. Secretary Gttrtior , of the state board of transportation , passes his findings on the Sutherland-Manning complaints , hoard at Tokamah , to the public during the weak , and It is almost unnecessary to state thnt uuon thorn depends the antici pated order of the board , demanding an 1m- modlato reduction of freight rates on live stock and coal by all of the railroads oper ating In the stato. The non-partisan convention , called In the Interests of submission by third party pro hibitionists and anti-saloon republicans , con venes on the 5th , when It is understood the plan of campaign that is to bo carried into every school district und voting precinct in the state , during the next year und ft half , is to bo decided upon. It Is also quietly talked that the convention Is to bo n governor-mak ing concern ; thnt Is , the availability of candi dates will bo considered , and such other political clap-trap as may become Incident to its deliberations and sauousos. So It will bo seen that weighty matters are likely to bo considered. The state university will send forth its class of graduates during the month. Com- inoncomcnt exorcises begin on Thursday , coming almost u week in advance of com mencement uroper. Apropos to this may bo mentioned the fact that the Wosloyaa uni versity holds Its first commencement. The hich school also graduates its class and In dulges in the conventional commencement ; Indeed , the next two weeks will bo the most interesting ones of the school year , and teachers and students ullko vlo with each other for a successful and happy culmina tion. tion.Tho The board of pardons , created by the Into legislature , will also meet within the month for the purpose of do- clduic upon the liberty of two convicts , under sentence for life , who have served at least ten years of their sentence. Indeed , it is learned that a partial conference has al- rc.idy been held , and that It is practically de cided that Ulack Uawic , un Iowa Indian , who has served nineteen years of his sentence , nnd Francis Swank , who has served seven teen years , will bo tendered their liberty. It is understood , hnwovor , that the matter has already boon broached to Swank , and that ho says ho prefers to live and die whore ho Is. Ho is now past sixty-seven years old , and in feeble health. Ho says no propones to stay whore he Is because bis old associates nnd friends are nearly all dead and gone , nnd that the chances are that ho would como to the poor house eventually if given his freedom. The old man is in charge of the prison hospital , has irood food und comfortable clothes and concludes that 'present Drivilcges would ho bettor thin the reminders of an unchnritublo world that ha has been a felon , and u strong probability that he would lln- ally become- the charge of some charitable institution. Fireman Cross' Death. The horrible death of Fireman Peter M. Cross in the collision in the Burlington yards in this city Wednesday ni.orht suggests many things not developed at the coroner's nquost. The yard is covered with a perfect mazn of tracks and switches , and at night the lights that cover this ground are enough o mystify even the initiated. The testi mony showed that what is called the "main track" is not the ono on which the main business Is done ; that since the erection of the new passenger and freight depots the main truck has developed Intoan unimport ant sldo track , and the passenger and freight trains are run into the city over a switch that branches from the main line about 150 feet west of the Union P.iclllo crossing. Without attempting to criticise the manage ment , it would seem to a common observer that this change ought to have changed the nauio of the tracks , und when a track ceased to be a main ono in use it ought also to cease to bear that name. Hut such seems not to have boon the custom Hero. All the switches uro set so ah to run trains on what is misnamed the "main track. " It seems further to have been an unwritten law -among the men who run In nnd out of tills city over that line that all trains should como to a dead stop buforo reaching the passenger switch , unless sig nalled by the switchman to proceed. There is no written or printed rule of the company to that effect , und it is not generally known among the railroad men , but only among those who run In und out of that lino. And , further , us the switchman has usually been at his post , the signal to come on 1ms most always been given , uud , therefore , u number of the men on thut llnu actually know noth ing of the existence of such u rule or custom. Knglneer Sheeloy , who had charge of the train which ran Into the switch cingino , was shown to bo a very competent man u man that stood High with the company und his Immediate superiors. His run is from Au rora to Kearney , and was almost entirely un acquainted with thu details of the tracks in the yards in this city , and know nothing of thla uuxvritten rule or custom of stopping be fore reaching the passenger switch. Ho know of the Union Pacitio crossing. The printed rules la Jus time card told him that ho had a right to proceed if the somuphoru was all right. He looked at that aud saw that it said como on. Ho know nothing of this fiction regarding the "iiiuln track" and the "passenger switch , " but supposed thut a main track was a main track , and us he was pulling No. SO , a fust freight , which is a privileged tram , ho pulled on as cautiously us a train of fifty cars could go on u night when the rails nro heavily covered with dew. The coroner's jury said that Crops' death was due to thu failure of Engineer Shceley to stop the train before reaching the passen ger switch , though It found that this failure was not cither wilful ! or felonious. While this in true , and perhaps Hhoeloy U justly censured , yet it Is equally true that ho stands In the position of u man who docs an act , which , the law says , U crlmlual , but of which fact he Is entirely ignorant. The mw says that ignorance of its provisions can justify no man , us everyone is supposed to know the law. U Is equally true thut uvcry railroad man Is rightly supposed to know Uio rules , which govern the running of trains on his roau. Hut in thla case the rule wan a local one , more a custom than n rule , and therefore was In the nature of u special statute , which , to be off cell vo , must bo especi ally pleaded. MonypernonsBeeii to think that there would have been nioro justice In the verdict if these facts bud all been stated , and the Dlatna attached to the muiiacemont for sending a man over Mint road with a heavily laden train , without Informing him of this local custom. It would have also been thaprovlncoof this Jury , andulso many think , its duty , to have said to the company : "If this passenger switch , so-called , is to bo your main track , as you say it la , keep the switches etst go that trains may como In ever It with out Interference. " If an engine would boi como unmanageable , as that onu did at Omaha , last summer , when It ploughed through the Burlington depot , collisions could not Do avoided when tbo switches uro. sot to run all trains on what is really a iJo track. City NOWH und Not en. Dr. A. G. Warner lectured at St. Paul's M. 13. church to-night on the subject of "Tho Church ana Charity. " A crowded house greeted him. U is learned that Mr. J , P. Walton , sur veyor of Lancaster county , will have his now map of the city completed In a week or tea days. U will convlnco tbo most nkeptl- cul that Lincoln bos been going ahead like a race-horse. Tito first volume of Prof. George . How ard's now boo * . "Art Introduction to the Local Congtltntfonal History of the United States , " Is Just from the press. It is pro. nounced thoroughly sclontlllc , nnd reflect * credit upon the author as wall as the Institu tion ho represents. Thonnnual farewell programme of the Irving society WOA given nt the high school building , last evening. It was the most In- torcttlng of the ninny entertainments over given by the society , nnd nn npprcclatlvo nudlonco filled the room to Its utmost capac ity. The feature of the ovenlng was the oration of Harry Harbcr , on the subject of "Our Postal Service and Its Development , " Charley Thomas , the "Gorman Count , " was sentenced to five years In the pcnltontt- ary nnd to pay n flue of f 1 nnd costs of pros ecution , by Judge Field , yesterday after noon. This disposes of "Werner Von Mnn- touffol , " n ton of Governor Mantcuffol , deceased , of the province of Alsace-Lorraine , for uttering forged paper , A. M. Bertram Informs nnnlnst Fred IT. Woods , a rag and Iron peddler , nnil charge * him with leaving n dead horse unburlod within the city limits. It seems that Woods boat ono of his horses so unmercifully on la-it Monday that death resulted , nnd ha went hid way nnd loft the duty of burial to the city officers. Cruelty to animals is the additional charge In the complaint. Wood's trial will take place some time during the week. His arrest was effected last evening. Dawn Around the Rivnr. JmnM WM&imli IiUv < n Once a'etk. \ . Noontime and Junotlme , down around the rlvorl Have to fuse with 'Ltroy Ann but lawzy ! 1 I forgive her I Drives mo off tbo place , aud says 'at all 'at ' she's a wlshln' , Land o' gracious 1 tiuio'll como I'll git enough o' lishm'l ' Little Dave , a-chappin' wood , cover 'pears to notice , Don't know where she's hid his hat , or kcorlu' where his coat Is , Spccalatln' , uioro'u like , ho nlut a-goln' to mind mo , And giiessln' where , say 13 o'clock , a follcr'd Itholy find mo. Noontlma nnd Junctimo , down around the rlvorl Clean out o' sight o1 homo , and skulktn' un der klvcr Of the sycamores , jack oaks , and swamp ash nnd ellum Idles nil BO jumbled up , you kin hardly tell 'oml Tired , you know , but lovln * it , and smllin' jcs' to think 'at Any sweeter tiredness you'd fairly want to drink it. Tired o' flshln' tlrod o' fun lluo out slack nnd slacker All you 'want in all the world's n Uttlo moro tobackor I Hungry , but a hidln' it , or Jcs n-not-a- koerln1 ; Kingfisher gittln' up nnd skootln' out o' hcurin' ; Snipes on t'other sldo where the county ditch Wndln'up ' nnd down the nidge llko they'd rolled up their britches I Old turklo on the root kludo-sorto drappln' Into th' wortor llko ho dou't know how it happen I Wortor , shade and all so mixed , don't ' know which you ortor Say , th' wortor in the shaddor shaddor in thoworterl Somebody hollerln' way round the bend In Upper Fork Where yor eye kin Jes' ketch th' end In' Of the shiny wedge o' wako whore some muss rat's a-makin' With that pesky uoso o' his I Thou a sniff o' bacon , Corn bread and 'dock greens and little Dave a-shinln' Croat the rocks nnd mussel shells , n-llmbln * and a-grinln' , With yer dlimnr for ye , and a blossln' from. the giver , Noontime and Junetimo down around the river. WYOMING OILi FIE L.US. The Omaha Expedition at Ton Sleep Greek. BAT STATE RxNonEVyo. . , Mjay 27. | Cor respondence of TUB BEE. ! Our party , under command of Cal Casey , of the Arcade hotel , Omaha , arrived hero to-night from Casper , Wyo. , via Buffalo , making the trip of 250 miles In llvo days , including ono day's stop at Buffalo. The other party , under com mand of General Hnwloy , arrived three hours after , they coming via the Lost Cabin route. Before leaving Casper it was ar ranged that both parties should take the routes above named , and to form a junction hero to-day and then proceed through the entire oil fields. In Big Horn basin , Salt oasm , Rattle Snake basin and Sbosbona basin. From hero on General Hawley will take command , assisted by Col Casey , of Omaha , and Major U. J. Cole , of York. Hawley and Coles being well acquainted with the country will pilot the party to all the points of Interest pertaining to the oil Hotels of this country , and , with the assist ance of A. A. Uichordson , the oil export , they propose to show the country up In its true light , good or bad. Should the showing prove satisfactory there will bo some very heavy investments made , and notlvo opera tions will bo commenced at once to bring the oil to the surface. Wo are enjoying ourselves catching trout nnd killing nntolopo on the way. Tomorrow - row the general will conduct us to Hyats- vlllo to witness the great round-up of this section. Respectfully yours , etc. , "A. " Militia Ordered Out. SHUNO VALLEV , 111. , Juno S. After nearly a month's idleness , the Spring Valley Coal company started up yesterday. In tuo after noon a large crowd of Belgian and Italian miners gathered about the abaft , making threatening demonstrations , and In the evea- ing the sheriff sent to Princotown for a posse. The situation looked so threatening last night that the sheriff concluded to aslc for troops , and several companies of militia were Oi-doeod out by Governor Fifor. Aid to a Jlallroatl. tfioniiAiu , Neb. , June L Special to TnB Ban.J The commissioners of Knox county , at a special meeting , yesterday , called spoo- lal elections to bo held In the products of Lindsay uud Lincoln , in the southeast part of Uio county , on July 3 , for the purpose of voting nld to the YanUton , Norfolk & South western railroad company. The amount abKcd for Is 13,030 from each precinct to run twenty years. The two precincts contain beautiful land , which was selected by upecu ) lators In 1870 , nnd Is mostly wild , with few exceptions , where school lands have been taken and cultivated by n thrifty clans of Swedes. The bonds will without doubt carry. Cataarh to Consumption. ' Cat unfa in Its destructive force stands next to and nmloubtedly leads on to consumption. H Is therefore singular that those afflicted with this foarruldlsaasii should not tnakeft the object of t hair lives to rid themselves of it. Deceptlre remedies concocted by Ignorant pretenders to medical knowledge have weakened the confU dome of the pr at majority of suff erera In all mlvertlood remedies. They become resigned to n lire of misery rather than torture them lve with douhtful palliatives , llut this will never do. Catarrh must be met at every at and combated with all ourmluut. Ill many cases the dlaeaso has usiumod danger' ous symptoms. The honot und curtilage ot tha noie , tlib oruaus ot hearing , of neelug and of t listing HO Hlruct d aa to liu nutlons , tuu uvula 10 elongated , ihu throat so inllumed and irritated as to nrodnce a constant and distressing conga. HANroiiD'a ItAUiOAi. ( 'unr. meets every phiuo of Catarrh , from nmplo ! head cold to thu incut loiithsouio mid destructive t e It U local and constitutional. Inuuiit In relieving , p r- minion ! In curing , safe , economical ana never- tulllnp. Kadi package contains one bottle of the IUm- CAI. 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